Article: Cleaning rust, cat litter, microwaves and much more

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What can you do with the foil wrappers from butter, the leftover juice from a jar of pickles or that ruined pair of hosiery? Don't throw them out: Read on. Rust never sleeps

I live in the country and only recently have gotten rural water. Before that we were on well water, which means rust, rust, rust. A product that we were never without was Whink Rust Stain Remover (available online at www.whink.com and also at hardware stores like Ace Hardware), which I used on minor spots on clothes. Another product was oxalic acid crystals, which I ran through a wash cycle every so often to clean rust from the washer. I got the oxalic acid ...

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